The US falls farther down supercomputer rankings than it's been in over 20 years

The United States is competing with China on so many fronts it's impossible to name them all, but one of the most visible rivalries between the two countries is based on computing power. In the newest TOP500 ranking of the world's most powerful supercomputers, the United States is very clearly falling behind, and is currently lower on the list than it's been since 1996. The list, which is released twice a year, determines rankings based on overall computing power. The top two machines are both w...